Teachers at Jackson Christian Elementary School wanted to give its students a solar eclipse experience they would never forget.

Students spent the entire day in STREAM (Science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and mathematics) classes, and various other classes, learning about the solar eclipse before watching a live NASA stream.

Planning for Monday’s classes began over the summer, Director of Jackson Christian’s STREAM program Jenna Melton said, who is also a fourth and fifth grade teacher.

“It’s been almost 100 years since one of this magnitude (was visible) across the country, so we wanted it to be a major event to remember for these children,” Melton said. “Even though they’re not getting to go outside and see it, we want them to have a totally encompassing experience with the solar eclipse.”

Offensive linemen Jack Conklin (left) and Taylor Lewan (right) stretch out on the practice field to get a better view of the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Richard Frank, left, his wife Diane, both of Traverse City, Mich., and daughter, Rebecca Frank, of Austin, Tex., watch the eclipse from the east bank of the Cumberland River Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn.
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August Miller, 9, Eva, 12 and Billy Buchanan, 10, of Franklin, look at the eclipse at the Nashville viewing party at First Tennessee Park Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Jaxen Young, 11, wears his finest eclipse attire to the event as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Maddy Byram, 14, gets a good view of the sun as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Derek Streeter, 11, of Bowie, Maryland, joins thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the solar eclipse.
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Mark , 6, Scot, 8, and June Wagner, 4, lie on the football field and watch as the moon begins to cover the sun during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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A pinhole in a piece of paper makes it possible to see the shape of the eclipse as the moon begins to cover the sun on Monday as thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. to experience the solar eclipse.
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Jade Harville, of Clarksville, Tenn., lies on the bleachers in Fortera Stadium and watches the eclipse during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Vivian, 8, and Ben Guidry, 13, and Derek Kneen (11) look through their protective glasses as the eclipse progresses during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn.
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From left, Aliya Al-Magsosi, Caleigh Mayton and Alan Cook join thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn,. on Monday to experience the solar eclipse.
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Ben Guidry, 13, of Houston looks at the eclipse through his protective googles during the Austin Peay State University eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Miles Wyckoff, 12, and Sonya Sanborn, of Franklin, join thousands of Boy Scouts and their families gathered at the Boxwell Reservation in Lebanon, Tenn. on Monday to experience the totality of the solar eclipse as the moon's shadow traveled across the state, providing a couple of minutes of twilight for lucky viewers.
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Robert Garcia, of Whitefish Bay, Wis, looks through one of the telescopes as the eclipse begins during the Austin Peay State University viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Garcia traveled from Wisconsin to witness the eclipse. "I believe that any time there is a once in a lifetime event you should do everything you can to see it," Garcia said.
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The Evans family came to Liberty Park in Clarksville on Monday, Aug. 21, from Decatur County, Tenn., about 2 1/2 hours away. They made their own masks with paper plates and eclipse glasses. Valerie Evans explained the plates block out the sun on the sides.
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Molly Vaughn takes a selfie with her mother, Diane, both of Nashvillie, at the city's eclipse viewing party at First Tennessee Park on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn..
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Jane McCampbell and Robert Stuart of St. Paul, Minn., are ready for the eclipse at Nashville's viewing party at First Tennessee Park on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn..
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Daniel Jimenez, from Clarksville, Tenn. holds his daughter Isabel, 2, up to one of the many telescopes Austin Peay State University provided during the eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. . "We knew it would be a great setup here with the telescopes and a great environment for the kids," Jimenez said.
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David Austin peers through telescope at the observatory at Land Between the Lakes on Monday, Aug. 21. Austin, from Wayne, NJ, said he has been waiting for the solar eclipse since July 20, 1963, when he was 12 and saw a partial escalope in St. Louis.
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April Torres, a junior astrophysics major at Austin Peay State University, watches as Jacob Robertson, an APSU senior physics major from Clarksville, sets up one of the telescopes before the APSU eclipse viewing event at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The group of volunteers has been preparing and training for this event for over a year.
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Jacob Robertson, an Austin Peay State University (APSU) senior physics major from Clarksville, sets up one of the telescopes with other volunteers before people arrive at the APSU eclipse viewing at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tenn., on Monday, Aug. 21 ,2017, when the solar eclipse will last for an estimated 2 minutes and 8 seconds. Robertson has been working for over a year to prepare.
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Lucia Vargas, left, who traveled to Murfreesboro from Mexico City to witness the total eclipse, observes the sun through a telescope as her daughter Lucy Scarves photographs her during a solar eclipse viewing party at MTSU on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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University of Huntsville Alabama students Ike Forrester, top, and Luke Gomez, bottom hang out in hammocks for the start of the MTSU solar eclipse viewing party to begin, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
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Kasey Smith looks up at the sky with her son, Ryker, as they wait for the moon to block the sun during the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, at Community Montessori School.
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Community Montessori School students Sofia Membreno and Zarriah Powell look up at the sky to watch the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21. Jackson-Madison County Schools provided students with the glasses so that they could experience the eclipse at ther school.
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Community Montessori School student Brycen Williams points up at the sky in excitement as he watches the moon cover the sun during the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21.
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Community Montessori Students Ava Wyatt, Madison Lovelace, Nora Elkadi, Ellie THompson, and Katie McGuire lay back in the grass on the front lawn of their school to watch the 2017 solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21.
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Third- through fifth-grade students were field agents and recorded data, temperature and observations. In the classroom, students collaborated to build solar ovens and use those ovens to make s’mores while learning about the importance of solar energy.

One of the students creating a solar oven, fifth-grader Kennedy, 10, said she was excited for the solar eclipse and shared the coolest fact she learned.

“The moon covers up the sun; it’s close to the earth and it can (appear) bigger than the sun,” Kennedy said. “In some areas, you don’t have to have glasses, when it’s fully covered.”

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Jackson Christian 4th grader Graesyn Jones helps kindergartners in creating a solar oven during class, Monday, Aug. 21. The students are learning about the solar eclipse and how the sun works.(Photo: KENNETH CUMMINGS/The Jackson Sun)

Kindergarten teacher Brittany Nickoli’s class is helping create those solar ovens, and for some, it is not only the chance to enjoy the solar eclipse but also their first s’more.

“It’s been a cool thing for them to experience and work with their older classmates and to do some engineering of their own,” Nickoli said.

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Jackson Christian 6th graders Aiden Byrd and Will Kemp use a model to show other students how the a solar eclipse works, Monday, Aug. 21, in preparation for the 2017 eclipse.(Photo: KENNETH CUMMINGS/The Jackson Sun)

Jackson Christian Director of Elementary Linda Bradford said she wants the students to remember “they experienced this gift from God at Jackson Christian with their friends and teachers.”

“I’m excited that the children are here and we’re able to experience this together,” Bradford said.